Gustave Eiffel
Architecture
French
1832 – 1923
102 quotes
Builder of Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty framework, revolutionizing iron and steel construction.
Most quoted
"Is it not true that the very conditions which make for the strength of a structure are often those which give it beauty?"
— from Speech, 1889
"The Eiffel Tower is not merely a structure of iron; it is a testament to human ambition piercing the sky."
— from Speech, 1889
"There is an attraction in the colossal, a charm in the gigantic, that is not found in the small."
— from Speech, 1889
All quotes by Gustave Eiffel (102)
Witty observation: Engineers laugh last, from the top down.
Interview
1916
From correspondence: Legacy is not in stone, but in steel's endurance.
Letter
1904
Contemporaries of Gustave Eiffel
Other Architectures born within 50 years of Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923).